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SWICA celebrates its 20th Anniversary in 2009 in true carnival style.

Since
its inception in April 1990 South Wales Intercultural Community Arts (SWICA) has
grown to become Wales’ leading Carnival Arts organisation. SWICA welcomes
three new partners and launches ground-breaking initiatives in 2009/10 to mark
its 20th Anniversary in true carnival style.
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SCOPE
Cymru (formerly the Spastics Society) will be working with SWICA to
offer carnival arts workshops to its project
members on a Wales-wide basis.
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The Wales
Millennium Centre’s new “Blysh” Festival will feature the best of carnival
arts from Wales including the World Premiere of SWICA’s own new
Carnival-Theatre spectacular : “DRAGON”.
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The National
Museum of Welsh Life at St Fagan’s will host an autumn half-term residency by
SWICA involving mask-making based on Welsh folklore and adapting steelpan
melodies to traditional Welsh music.
Steve
Fletcher, Founder and SWICA Development Officer said : “SWICA
is especially proud to be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the
official adoption of the Red Dragon onto our national flag by producing our
first piece of Carnival-Theatre with support from the Arts Council of Wales”
“DRAGON”
will be unique in bringing together the world of carnival arts (everything from
Caribbean stick fighting to Brazilian capoeira martial arts dance) to portray
Wales’ benevolent dragon emblem as never before”
“Moreover,
thanks to support from the Arts Council of Wales, SWICA will be undertaking a
developmental Carnival Arts Training Project to bring on the ‘next
generation’ of carnival artists here in Wales”.
A
major highlight to SWICA’s activities will be the 20th Anniversary
Cardiff MAS Carnival – “Here Be Dragons” - as part of the Cardiff Festival and will feature Wales’
first ever ‘street jam’ in St Mary’s Street.(Saturday 1st
August 2009).
Other
SWICA Carnival Arts residencies will involve inspiring Valleys communities in
Blaenavon, Glenboi and Porth to celebrate their own culture and heritage.
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